Feature article: World Immunization Week for every generation

World Immunization Week (24–30 April) has become the flagship moment each year when the global immunization community pauses, takes stock, and speaks with one voice about the power of vaccines. Each April, the World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners use this week to remind us that vaccination is one of the biggest success stories in public health – a simple, safe, and effective measure that prevents millions of deaths every year and protects people of all ages, in every region of the world. Celebrating a global health success story For WHO, World Immunization Week is far more than a communication campaign; it is a celebration of what decades of immunization have made “humanly possible.” Through the Expanded Program on Immunization and subsequent global efforts, more than 150 million lives have been saved over the past 50 years – an average of six lives every minute. Vaccination has eliminated smallpox, brought the...